Independence fighters led by Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, stormed a single-engine plane ...

Greg Bateman and Kai Horstmann will be climbing Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis and cycling the 675 kilometres between them.

A semi-finalist on television's The Voice made an inspiring visit to Malton School.

South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death on Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials could not get the drugs needed for lethal ...

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Discover why Whitby’s Magpie Café and Moon and Sixpence in North Yorkshire are among the best restaurants for oysters in the UK.

A weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers is in force across much of southern England and Wales. The Met Office says damage to buildings as a result of lightning strikes, disruption to ...

The comments come days after pagers and other tech exploded across Lebanon, reportedly killing 37 people and injuring more ...

Sri Lankans began voting on Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval.

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Gaute Haugenes, who managed the team from 2001 to 2003, told the BBC members of staff were aware Mr Al Fayed ‘liked young, blonde girls’.

Consumers who buy their food at convenience stores could be paying up to a fifth more than at larger branches of the same supermarket, according to a study.